> On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 11:45:46AM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:> > I know but this deviates from how they did it in the past. No worry, > > sooner or later Linux will get so> > large in these distros, you will need a DVD to hold all of it, so I can > > understand if space was at a premium> > on those CD iso images.> > Debian takes 2 DVDs for binaries and 2 DVDs for sources. I think we > may need BD-ROM or HD-DVD real soon. :)

That makes Linux and OSS the largest man-made science project inhistory. It also means that the cost of redeveloping the Debian codebaseusing commerical methods could exceed 100 billion US dollars. [Sidenote:no wonder the only remaining anti-Linux company (MS) is worried - theyare quite big and rich, but no way can they hold up against such type ofgrass-roots exponential growth, and they know it.]